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EVENT INFO: TRI-CITY SPRINT 5/17-18/2019

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UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Friday, May 17 & Saturday, May 18, 2019

 

SERIES:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, Illinois) - 3/8-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

“River Town Showdown”  featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & B-Mods

 

STARTING TIMES:

3pm: Registration and pit gates open

5pm: Grandstands and ticket office open

6:30pm: Hot Laps

7pm: Qualifying

7:30pm: Racing

(Central Time)

 

TICKETS:

Adult General Admission: $25

Children 12 & Under: FREE

Pit passes: Members $30/Non-Members $35 

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

5100 Nameoki Rd, Granite City, IL 62040

 

TRACK PHONE:

Track Enterprises: (217) 764-3200

Tri-City Speedway: (618) 931-7836

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.tricityspeedway.net/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/

Listen LIVE on the USAC app

Following along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ & https://twitter.com/USACNation

Live timing on the Race Monitor app

 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT

Formats may be altered from base formats listed here at the discretion of the chief steward

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Two (2) laps to be run consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifying time.

 

HEAT RACES:

8-laps

8 starters per heat race

Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 1-5 will transfer if three heats are held.

Cars finishing in positions 5-8 will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6-8 will start in the semi-feature event if three heats are held.

 

HEAT #1:

4 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 25 and 29 will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 19, 22 and 25 will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #2:

Cars qualifying 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 26 and 30 will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 20, 23 and 26 will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #3:

Cars qualifying 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 27 and 31 will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 21, 24 and 27 will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #4:

Cars qualifying 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 28 and 32 will start behind invert.

 

SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:

12-lap Race

Cars finishing in positions 5-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing in positions 6-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature if three heats are held.

Starting lineup will be determined by qualifying time.

4 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.

3 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event.

 

FEATURE EVENT:

30-lap race

22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)

4 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-4 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-6 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.

3 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-5 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-7 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.

Starting lineup: Starting positions determined by qualifying time, fastest at the front, with fastest six heat race transfers inverted in positions 1-6.

 

SPRINT TIRE RULES:

Right Rear: 105 – 16/15 Medium or Hard (Choice is up to each competitor).

 

RACE OFFICIALS:

Chief Steward: Levi Jones

Race Director: Kirk Spridgeon

 

USAC MEMBERSHIP:

Must be a member to earn points

Must be a member to earn contingency awards

Member insurance is $200,000 excess medical

Visit www.usacracing.org to apply for membership

 

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

 

SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.  PTS.   PURSE

1          70       $6000

2          67       $3000

3          64       $2000

4          61       $1600

5          58       $1400

6          55       $1200

7          52       $1100

8          49       $1000

9          46       $950

10       43       $900

11       41       $850

12       39       $800

13       37       $775

14       35       $750

15       33       $725

16       31       $700

17       29       $675

18       27       $650

19       25       $625

20       23       $600

21       23       $600

22       23       $600

**Non-Transfers: $150

**Non-USAC members deduct $100 from feature payout.